# posterity

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɒˈstɛɹɪti/ · frequency rank #30,183

## Definitions
1. All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
2. Future audiences, future times, future recognition.

## Etymology
Late 14th century, from Middle French posterité, from Latin posteritas, from posterus (“following, coming after”), from post (“after”) (English post-).

## Easily confused with
- **prosperity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posterity-vs-prosperity)
- **posterior** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posterior-vs-posterity)

## Common misspellings (14)
`opsterity`, `posetrity`, `possterity`, `posteirty`, `posteritty`, `posterityy`, `posteriyt`, `posterrity`, `postertiy`, `postreity`, `postterity`, `potserity`, `pposterity`, `psoterity`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/posterity